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"A young Filipino woman who wears a yellow top, miniskirt, and a red rabbit-like hair accessory. She was first discovered in a leaked arcade data before being officially revealed during a Tekken 7 broadcast in Niconico on March 29, 2015. Josie is currently yet to be added to the arcade roster. According to the Tekken press release interviews with Katsuhiro Harada and her co-designers Mark Julio and Mari Shimazaki, Josie Rizal practices kickboxing and Eskrima[citation needed], but does not state which particular Kickboxing nor Eskrima styles. Public reveal of the character has caused a lot of controversy from Filipinos because the Tekken Team apparently just took fighting moves from different arts and disciplines (also recycling moves from earlier existing characters in the Tekken series), repackaged it, and is selling it as Filipino Martial Arts. Her outfit has also invited a lot of ridicule for its impracticality in fighting and lack of actual Filipino flavor (its design based on the Flag of the Philippines, but bear little resemblance to what Filipinos actually wear) and her ending "win" animation which had her crying was widely mocked by netizens

It feels like only yesterday that the fighting game community watched surprise South Korean competitor Hyeon-ho “Rangchu” Jeong crowned global Tekken 7 champion in Amsterdam. It wasn’t, obviously, but it was only three months ago, and the folks behind the Tekken World Tour already have new details to share about what competitors can expect from the circuit in 2019, the full breadth of which were announced this afternoon. Those details include a way bigger prize pool, more love for grassroots tournaments, and a big first for the World Tour event schedule: the inclusion of an African event in the lineup.

Let’s break it down. The Tekken World Tour is the official destination for Tekken 7 competition, hosted by developer Bandai Namco Entertainment and the competitive gaming wing of live-streaming platform Twitch. In 2017, it evolved into its current state from its predecessor, the King of The Iron Fist Tournament series; its changes were similar to the ones made to Capcom’s Street Fighter V circuit, the Capcom Pro Tour, in 2014. By visiting a list of partnered, grassroots events throughout the year and performing well, Tekken players earn points towards qualifying for the finals, which in 2019 will take place in Bangkok, Thailand.